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PO BOX 1909
POST FALLS, ID 83877
1889 Lake Butler map, FL
Charles Rivers Sr 1702-1772 (children: Charles Rivers Jr 1730-, John Rivers 1735-1790)
John Rivers 1735-1790 SC M: Mary Fort 1748-1802 (children: John, James & Lucy).
John R Rivers 1760-1823 M: Mary Ann Hardy 1770-1846
James Rivers 1790-1830 M: Elizabeth Dial 1793-1827 M2: Milly Green 1810-1870
1~Burrell Green Rivers 1831-1911 M: Lenora Cauthen 1836-1877 M2: 1877 Rhoda Clemenia Dewberry
1~James DeKalb Rivers 1854–1929
2~Louise Rivers Beavers 1857–1901
3~Alonzo Burrell Rivers 1859–1918
4~Lena Rivers 1869–1953 M: Fred Ford Starr 1869-1936
1~Bessie Starr 1889- M: Albert Tinsley 1882-
5~Eretus Rivers 1872–1932
6~Julia Green 1881-1922
7~Arthur Willingham Rivers 1883-1886
2~Robert Hunt Rivers 1810-1875 GA M: Martha Jackson 1810-1880
1~Sarah Adline Rivers 1835-1920
2~Elisha Alexander Rivers 1841-1893
3~William M Rivers 1811-1885 GA M: Mary Wyatt 1815-1874
1~John M Rivers 1846-1929
2~Thomas Rivers 1858-
4~Thomas A. Rivers 1815-1889
5~Ann Eliza Rivers 1818-1874
6~John Floyd Rivers 1818-1874
7~Jane T Rivers 1822-1890 M: Robert W Duke 1815-1890
1~Elizabeth A Duke 1846-
2~Mary Fletcher Duke 1854-1937
8~Nathaniel A Rivers 1830-1864
9~Leonora Rivers
Thomas A. Rivers B: 1815 Thomasville, GA D: 1889 Lake Butler, FL M: 1850 Mary Ann Milton B: 1830 D: 1914 Lake Butler, FL, d/o Benjamin Milton 1799-1874 & Margaret Redding 1800-1850.. In the 1870 U.S. Census, of Bradford County, Florida, Thomas Rivers is listed as 53 b. in Georgia, his wife Mary is 35, and sons Frank 19, William 15, and James 9. In the 1880 U.S. Census he still lives in Lake Butler, Bradford, Florida and is a farmer. He has his wife Mary with him and 2 sons: James 20, and Robert 12.
1~Francis "Frank" Marion Rivers: see below
2~William C. Rivers B: 03/14/1854 D: 09/04/1884 M: Martha Kite 1857-1928
1~Henry Oscar Rivers B: 01/06/1877 D: 06/21/1933 M: 1897 Laura Emmaline Johns 1880-1965 M2: Ella Rivers
1~Mattie Lovey Rivers 1901-1987 M: David Levi Shaw 1898-1971 La Crosse, FL, s/o William Ansel Shaw 1857–1927 & Phoebe Elizabeth Carver 1858–1929.
1~Minda Johns 1877–1940 M: 1894 William M Hodges 1866-1932
1~Alphie F Hodges 1903-1994 M: Parrish
2~Jessie Lorene Shaw 1919–2004 M: 1933 Johnnie Lee Outlaw 1913-1999
2~Fronie/Sofronia Rivers 1903-1992 M: 1940 Pierce S Crews B: 1904 D: 1971. Both worked in Raiford. M2: Leon Conner D: 1985
Fronie
Fronie & Pierce
Spencer, Fronie & Pierce
1~William Spencer Crews B: 1931 Lake Alfred D: Jacksonville, FL D: 2005. M: Helen Callaway Whitfield 1932-2021, d/o Bryan Whitfield 1892–1968 & Marguerite Callaway 1896–1984. William lived his early life near Raiford and moved to Jacksonville from central Florida in 1963. He retired from CSX Railroad in 1986 as chief dispatcher. He was a member of Duval Station Baptist Church of Jacksonville.
1~William Spencer Crews 1950-2017 Jacksonville, FL
2~Laura Crews LeDuc
3~Onie Rivers 1907-2001 M: Thornton
4~Donie Mary Rivers 1912-1995 M: Harry Waldo Pringle 1910-1980
5~Mary Rivers
6~George W Rivers
7~Jackson Rivers
8~William Rivers
9~W S Rivers
3~James Milton Rivers 1861-1958 M: 1882 Isabella M Marion Loadholtz M2: 1904 Angeline E Townsend 1884-1979, divorced in 1910 M3: 1910 Celia Alderman 1884-1948
1~Sydney Thomas Rivers 1883-1936 M: 1924 Helen McLanahan Norton 1885-1961. Mr. Rivers has served as the Crescent City representative of the Florida Power and Light Company.
1~Carl Thomas Rivers 1918-1982
2~Thomas Rivers
3~Ettie Rivers
4~Leola Rivers
5~Walter James Rivers 1891-1980 M: 1913 Mary Belle Moose 1898-1956
1~Elizabeth Aleene Rivers 1917-2020
6~James Rivers
7~Thelma Rivers 1896-1989 M: 1919 Preston Culver James 1896-1972
8~Lorita Rivers 1900-1996 FL M: 1917 William Hampton Smith 1888-1985
9~Baby Rivers
10~Chisolm Chazell Rivers 1908-1988 M1: Rosa Crews 1914-1996 M2: Bertha Augusta Burges 1909-1989
1~Herbert Chatfield Rivers 1937-2001
2~Clayton Rivers 1927-2010
11~Julius Edison Rivers 1916-1983
4~Robert Rivers B: 1868 D: 1910 M: 1888 Sarah Johnson 1875
5~William Thomas Rivers B: 01/26/1871 D: 06/09/1876 Lake Butler, FL
1~Francis "Frank" Marion Rivers B: 01/1851 GA D 1930 FL Burial: Dekle Cemetery, Union Cty, FL M: Lucinda Lou Prevatt B: 09/22/1852 Providence, FL D: 10/11/1885 Lake Butler. M2: 1886 Mary Elizabeth Prevatt, B: 02/25/1861 Clay County, Florida D: 02/16/1935 Union County, Florida Burial: Dekle Cemetery, Union County, FL. d/o Jonathan Knight Prevatt (1820-1883) and Sarah Saphari Providece (1829-1905). In 1880 he started a blacksmith and plow shop at the present day (2015) site of 85 East Main in Lake Butler. His son Charles F. bought the business in the 1920s, continuing it as a plow and hardware company. Grandson Wilson S. Rivers, Sr. bought it in 1947, changing it into a hardware and furniture company. The original buildings were destroyed by fire during a storm in 1985. On Aug 28, 1906 Frank received U. S. Patent #829802 for his invention of the "F. M. Rivers Cultivating Plow" aka "double stock" plow, which was used widely throughout Florida and adjoining states.
01~William Thomas Rivers B: 01/26/1871 D: 06/09/1876 (not sure if son of Francis & Lou).
1~Lucinda Rivers B: 1873 Lake Butler FL D:
2~Wiley Lee Rivers B: 09/08/1877 D: 07/07/1970 M: Pansy Johnson 1880-1923 M2: Minnie Agnes Mills 1898-1972.
Pansy Johnson Rivers
1~William Cornelius Rivers B: 08/03/1900 Lake Butler, Bradford Cty, FL D: 1982 M: 1922 Evelyn Denmark B: 10/01/1903 Lawtey, FL D: 05/26/1984 in Jacksonville, FL: Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
1~Francis Allen Rivers 1924-1924
2~William Cornelius Rivers Jr B: 1925 D: 1997
3~Lenore Gwendolyn Rivers B: 1927 D: 2022 M1: Thorton Oliver M2: Halle Adams
4~Kenneth Rivers B: 1930 D: 2002 Dekle Cemetery, Union County, FL M: Lula Rivers B: 10/29/1921 D: 12/26/1989. Kenneth: BMI - U.S. Navy - WWII.
5~Joyce Elaine Rivers B: 1932 D: 2022 M: Robert Charles Harllee
6~Barbara Ann Rivers B: 1936 D: 1988 M: Adams
7~Gene Rivers
2~Maye Rivers 1900–1972 Albert E Bobbett 1893-1961
1~Betty Bobbett 1926–1987 M : 1957 James Marvin Owen 1928-2017
1~John Stephen Owen 1960–1960
2~Edward Rivers Bobbett 1928–2002 Tampa, FL M: 1949 Norma Jeanne Bobbett
3~Alberta Mae Bobbett 1934- M: 1950 Morgan Lee Taylor 1912-1990
3~Wiley Lee Rivers Jr 1902-1989 M: 1928 Lorena Evers 1910-1975
4~Jeanette Rivers 1904–1984
5~Eva Rivers 1906-1987 M: Steiner Sexton 1900-1945
6~Lorena E Rivers 1910–2001 M: Charles Shafter Sinks Sr 1900-1979
1~Charles Shafter Sinks Jr. 1939–1997 M: 1959 Judith Ann Elkins M2: 1974 Susan Patricia Cox.
7~Nellie Rivers 1911-1991 M: 1937 Wiley Josiah Coulter 1904-1978
3~Charlie Francis Rivers, Sr B: 01/09/1880 Lake Butler, FL D: 03/13/1970 Dekle Cemetery, Union Cty, FL M: 1906 Mallie Futch B: 01/21/1882 D: 07/03/1914 Dekle Cemetery, Union Cty, FL. M2: Annie Rb Rhimesm1888-1978.
1~Genevieve Rivers B: 1908 D: 2009 M: Harry Shine Woodruff 1906-2000
1~Genevieve Woodruff 1936–1936
2~Charles Silas Rivers Jr B: 1909 D: M: Mary Kay
3~Marion Rivers B: 1910 D: M: Arthur Neil
4~Eleanor Rivers B: 11/22/1911 Lake Butler, FL D: 07/16/1914 Dekle Cemetery, Union Cty, FL
Remarried 1917, Annie Barbara Rimes B: 09/17/1888 Worthington Springs, FL D: 04/20/1978 Dekle Cemetery, Lake Butler, Union Cty, FL
Charlie & Annie Rivers
1~Lou Ella Rivers B: 10/22/1918 Lake Butler, FL D: 08/07/2002 Dowling Park, Suwannee Cty, FL: Dekle Cemetery, Union Cty, FL
2~Esther Salmon Rivers B: 09/08/1920 Lake Butler D: 04/19/2018 NC M: 1945 CDR Thomas Lane Mallonee, Sr, Commander US Navy WWII. B: 07/10/1918 D: 12/30/1997 Montmorenci United Methodist Church Cemetery, Candler, Buncombe County, NCEsther attended Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida and the Compton Business College in Jacksonville, Florida.
1~Thomas Lane Mallonee, Jr B: 10/15/1949 D: M: Patsy Greene. International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi
1~Chris Mallonee B: 09/26/1975 D:
2~Chuck Mallonee
2~Charles William Mallonee M: Teresa
3~Wilson Samuel Rivers, Sr B: 07/22/1922 D: 11/29/2011 M: Sophia Sue Warenda B: 09/26/1922 D: 12/10/2018, d/o Louis and Stephania (Halibozek) Warenda. F.M. Rivers founded the Rivers Hardware Store in Lake Butler during this early period, about 1880 and continued in operation until it burned in 1985. Rivers attained fame by manufacturing his own invention, the Rivers "double stock" plow, which was popularly used all over Florida and the South. The business was passed on to C.F. Rivers and then to Wilson Rivers. During those years, he was a volunteer fireman and member of the city council. In his boyhood years, Wilson would work in his father's grist mill (grits) and blacksmith shop. WWII ended while he was serving in the Philippines as 1st Lieutenant, Infantry Division, and he was re-assigned as hospital administrator, first at station hospital on Letey Island and then in the same capacity at Clark Field, Luzon, north of Manila. There, he met his wife, Sophia (Sue) Warenda, a nurse from Middletown, CT, who was also serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Nursing Corp. Wilson purchased his dads farm in 1947, and owned nearly half the county up into Worthington Springs, and sold all but 200 of the 2,300 acres in 2011. Wilson & Sue moved over to Gainesville, FL.
2008 Wilson Sue Rivers with Phillis Mixon
1~Constance/Connie Elaine Rivers B: 08/27/1947 D: 07/07/2019 M: Richard F. Anderson B:04/23/1945 D:
2~Wilson 'Will' Samuel Rivers, Jr B: 07/06/1950 D: M: Joy Bruce B: 07/27/1954 D:
3~Joseph Scott Rivers B: 05/23/1953 D: M: Kathleen Kidd B: 04/10/1956
4~Diane Elizabeth Rivers B: 04/05/1955 D: M: Fred S. Stribling B: 01/25/1956 D:
4~Naomi Ann Rivers B: 07/24/1924 Lake Butler, FL D: 09/28/2000 M: Paul Richard Gill, Sr B: 06/06/1917 D: 03/24/2001
1~Paul Richard Gill, Jr B: 10/14/1948 D:
2~Barbara Lou Gill B: 08/12/1951 D:
4~Gwendolyn Rivers 01/1881 FL D: 1934 Baker Cty, FL Woodlawn Cemetery, Macclenny, Baker Cty, FL M: Tate Powell Sr 10/04/1879 NC D: 04/18/1967 Woodlawn Cemetery, Macclenny, Baker Cty, FL
1~Tate Powell Jr B: 03/17/1906 Baker Cty, FL D: 07/07/1989 Woodlawn Cemtery, Macclenny, Baker Cty, FL M: Lois Sellers B: 07/06/1908 D: 09/05/1995 Woodlawn Cemetery, Macclenny, Baker Cty, FL. D/o Samuel James Sellers 1871–1919 & Amanda Lee Ola Lynch, 1874-1951.
1~Ray Powell
2~Wanda Powell Horn
2~Lucy Powell B: 07/23/1908 D: 04/12/1909 Woodlawn Cemetery, Macclenny, Baker Cty, FL
5~Onie Rivers B: 09/22/1887 D: 01/14/1918 Dekle Cemetery, FL M: P. A. Barker
6~Robert Fulton Rivers B: 1892 D: 1965 M: Elva Lee Douglas B: 1892 D: 1958 d/o General John Douglas 1879-1937 & Sarah Elizabeth Dukes 1875-1956
1~Robbie Rivers 1916-
2~Kenneth Rivers 1924-
3~Mary Ellen Rivers 1920-
7~Pvt Percy C. Rivers B: 1894 D: 1931 Mus 2nd Class, HDQS Co, 116th FA, Co A 1st Sep BN, Fla. Infantry National Guard, WWI veteran. M: 1921 Ruby Lenoa Bryant B: 09/18/1898 D: 12/27/1980
1~Hollis Rivers
2~Rev Wallace P Rivers B: 1922 High Springs D: 2019 M1: 1943 Ernestine Faysouix Balentine 1921-1997, married for 54 years. M2: Madelyn Joyce Roper. During WWII, he was a gifted navigator, ship’s photographer, and for the last year before his discharge in 1945, taught celestial navigation at the U.S. Naval Training Center, Miami, Florida. He was a Southern Baptist pastor, and served as the Director of Operations for the South Florida Jail Ministry and was Chaplain at the VA Hospital in Miami.
8~Sarah Rivers B: 1895 D: 1928 M: Hilton. Daughter of Francis and Mary Rivers
9~Leeman Odom Rivers B: 05/10/1899 D: 08/13/1988 M: 1923 Sarah 'Sally' Lou Mildred Roberts B: 07/14/1905 Lived inTitusville, Florida.
1~Robert Daniel Leeman Rivers B: 01/19/1931 D: Married Bettye Jo Fort B: 02/17/1933 D:
1~Daniel J. Rivers B: 02/24/1955 D: M: Heidi DeWald B: 08/14/1956 D:
2~Thomas W. Rivers B: 02/21/1957 D: M:
3~Elizabeth Diane Rivers B: 12/27/1958 D: M:
2~Joseph Williams Rivers B: 10/03/1933 M: Elizabeth Joye White B: 09/20/1935 D:
1~Joseph Williams Rivers B: 08/30/1960 D:
2~Randall Benton Rivers B: 09/09/1964 D: Winter Park, FL
3~Russell Mark Rivers B: 09/09/1964 D:
3~Susie Cornelia Rivers B: 07/02/1935 D: 2014 M: James Earl Whitehead B: 06/06/1934 D:
1~Janet Elaine Whitehead B: 07/25/1955 D: M: Richard W. McCllum B: 11/16/1952 D: 04/12/2016
2~Timothy Earl Whitehead B: 03/29/1958 D: M:
3~Pamela Sue Whitehead B: 02/21/1964 D: M:
10~Russell Rivers 1903-1999 M: John Kirby Langford 1903-1991, s/o John N. Langford 1871-1912 and Alice E. Wainwright Langford 1876-1969.
1~John Kirby Langford 1929-2007 Swift Creek Cemetery, Lake Butler, FL. M: Pat Plouffe
1~John W. Langford
2~Kenneth Langford
3~Karen Langford Baden
4~Sandra Langford Markus
5~Terry Langford Pearson
6~Kim Langford
York House, Lake Buter
Old home in Lake Butler
Francis Marion Rivers
Lucinda Lou Prevatt Rivers
Luella Rivers
Pvt Percy C. Rivers: Mus 2nd Class, HDQS Co, 116th FA, Co A 1st Sep BN, Fla. Infantry National Guard - WWI
William Thomas Rivers
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PO BOX 1909
POST FALLS, ID 83877